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permutation | x |

As a noun permutation

is permutation.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

permutation

English

Noun

(wikipedia permutation) (en noun)
  • (mathematics) A one-to-one mapping from a finite set to itself.
    • This permutation takes each element to the one following it, with the last mapped back to the first.
  • (mathematics, combinatorics) An ordering of a finite set of distinct elements.
    • There are six permutations of three elements, e.g. {abc, acb, bac, bca, cab, cba}.
  • (music) A transformation of a set's prime form, by applying one or more of certain operations, specifically, transposition, inversion, and retrograde.

    • Anagrams

    * importunate

    See also

    * (combinatorics) combination ----

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----